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Shemini: Ask Your Elders!
‘And it was on the eighth day…’ It was the first of Nissan, the day they had spent seven days preparing for the day of the inauguration of the Mishkan. Aharon and his sons, the Kohanim of the nation, were about to receive their priestly responsibilities and the whole nation would experience new levels of…
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Vayikra: Sacrificing Our Souls
We have finished travelling through the layers of Creation. We have journeyed far; from Adam and Chava in the lush Garden of Eden, through to the Avot and Imahot amidst wide-opened tents and camels…
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Pekudei: Self-Accounting in Judaism
This week’s parsha begins with the pekudim, a full accounting of every shekel and kikar donated towards the Mishkan…
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Vayakhel: There Is No Wisdom to Woman Except the Spindle
A woman’s wisdom is all contained within her spindle. Because a woman is a connector, a woman is a weaver…
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Ki Tisa: Betzalel’s Inheritance from His Grandmother
I have endowed him with a divine spirit of skill, ability and knowledge in every kind of craft…
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Tetzave: Oversharing One’s Emotions
Inside the Mishkan, Hashem instructed the placing of a partition between the Kodesh and the Kodesh Hakedoshim…
